Bridging Academia and Industry: Driving Entrepreneurial STEAM Innovation

Translating academic research into tangible societal value requires robust industry linkages and an entrepreneurial mindset. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Athirah M Taib presented her keynote address at ICASE-2026 under the theme "Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Industry Linkages". She detailed how cross-disciplinary collaboration between business and engineering disciplines creates commercialization pathways for academic findings. Fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem within universities ensures that scientific discoveries evolve into viable, real-world applications.